Hillary Clinton calls for unemployment benefits extension

Hillary Clinton took to Twitter on Tuesday to urge a renewal of unemployment insurance as long-term benefits expired over the weekend.

“10 years ago I was proud to begin working on bipartisan efforts to save unemployment insurance,” the former senator and secretary of state, a top 2016 possibility, tweeted. “Let’s do it again quickly in this new year.”

On Wednesday, she and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, will attend the swearing-in of incoming New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, a vocal progressive who made combating income inequality a central piece of his campaign. The former president will swear in the mayor-elect.